Whose idea was it to add breading or batter to fish? Fish is delicious when fried or seared, rich in flavour and texture. Breading it just...

Way back in the early 1970s, I flew for the first time. Mom will have to correct my memory, but I believe we flew from Winnipeg to Thompson...

One more for the graveyard of childhood, a Matchbox hovercraft from the 1970s, probably purchased in Thompson, Manitoba. Kind of amazing...

Farewell, World War II toy tank made by Corgi and purchased sometime in the 1970s in Thompson or Leaf Rapids, I barely knew ye. 

I find it kind of hard to believe I didn't think of this back in 1990, but better late than never. For those who don't recognize ...

Sometime in the early 1970s, there was a kitchen fire in our Thompson house. Mom or Dad came to collect me from my room, but I grabbed my...

The jacket isn't so bad, but the pants! The carpet! The chair! The horror. Check out that sweet vintage John Deere toy, though. An...

Canadian rock musician Tom Cochrane and Lynn Lake native is being honoured by the Manitoba government; Manitoba Highway 391 is being named ...

The author in a snowsuit in Thompson sometime in 1971 or 1972.  There's a lot more snow there today. Wear your mittens! I'...

Born In Flin Flon Thompson was Next then Leaf Rapids Leduc came after a long drive Finally Edmonton, and who knows where next? Not me...

I'm not really keen on celebrating my birthday, especially as I get older, but here are four photos from my fourth birthday, wh...

Vroom! Said the child I was that Christmas morning Amazed by his plastic snowmobile And his matching pajamas Whatever happened to the...

I used to really get around on this tricycle in Thompson. I can still feel the texture of the hand grips. Sure, that I remember, but not ...

Here I am sometime in the early 1970s with one of my favourite toys: the Fisher-Price airport set. What fun I had sending the little pe...

Sometime during the early 1970s, I painted this board with a nail sticking out of it. I wonder whatever became of that board. 

Tonka memories Big yellow truck went missing Stolen in Thompson

When we moved from Thompson to Leaf Rapids, provincial highway 391 wasn't yet complete; we had to fly in. Here Mom and I bear witness...

Manitoba Provincial Road 391 connects Thompson to Lynn Lake, and passes through Leaf Rapids on the way. In 2009, Sean and I stopped to in...

Here's blonde Earl again at the far left. This photograph was taken sometime in the early 1970s in Thompson, Manitoba. I barely remem...

Mom and Dad dropped in for a short visit today, and in passing I mentioned that I might accompany my friends Stephen and Audrey and their fa...